So I head off to NYC to meet the surgeon who is going to re-surface my hips and guarantee that I can ride like Floyd Landis. (Keep your doping comments to yourself) The meeting was great and I feel confident in the doctor and the process. I celebrated the news by riding from the upper west side of Manhattan to Astroland at Coney Island.
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The best parts of the ride were getting to the tip of Manhattan and seeing the Statue of Liberty
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and then riding over the Brooklyn Bridge. It has a big lane dedicated to bikes and you just have to remember that it is shared in two directions or you could be in a bit of trouble.
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Coney Island was a trip though and the people on the boardwalk and the beach were out of central casting: "What da f_ck are you lookin at bike boy..." So after eating a few hotdogs
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I pedalled back to Manhattan where it's safe and walked around SOHO with my cheerful friend Andy.
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Luckily there were people as nice as Andy and we made lots of friends.
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So after running around lower Manhattan for a while we headed uptown where I had left my car as I had to drive in with my bike. I was a little worried about it getting a custom paint job after seeing this truck.
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But I ended up meeting a Graffitti Artist and he said I had nothing to worry about as my car was too small and too black to bother painting on, unless I was from out of state!
Then he laughed and said.."just kiddin..really". Anyway is this guy ready for the urban graffitti wars or what.
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A special thanks to my friend Heather who expertly guided me through Manhattan and Brooklyn except when she was kind of lost or nearly getting creamed by someone making an in-attentive right turn. Following behind I saw it all happening and I was already wondering if they take bikes in an ambulance but she managed to break and avoid the crash without falling over, the benefit of riding without being clipped in!
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So I thought I'd end this blog where I began with my hip-resurfacing. I will have the operation on October 26th, two hips at once and this is what they will look like individually.
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Yes, I will need a special letter to go through the airport security but once these metal parts are working I will be able to ride pain free, except the pain of keeping up with Brendon, Amanda, and the other fasties. See you all on the 11th in Manchester.
2 comments:
Cool photos!!!Nice job with the captions! (You know how much I like to write the captions). xo Deb
keep updating, i love the photos.
-kristin
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